 Hi, art lovers! | | | | In last week’s email, I linked to this CBC Arts story out of Hamilton, Ont. It’s about MMOMA, a folksy neighbourhood project that’s a lot like one of those Little Free Libraries, but for art. You might have seen us Instagramming a few photos of MMOMA’s past exhibitions too, and I couldn’t help noticing how many folks weighed in on those posts, reminding us of the many (many, many) more teensy galleries that have sprung up around Canada — and the States for that matter. MMOMA’s not even the only one that’s featured in a CBC report: check out this Little Free Art Gallery in Sackville, N.B. | | |  | Kamaya Lindquist's Little Free Art Gallery in Sackville, N.B. (Tori Weldon/CBC) | | | Flipping through my mental Rolodex, I know I’ve breezed past Gallery Little Red about as many times as I’ve spent a beach day on Ward’s Island, and the fact I didn’t make a Canmore pit stop on my last Alberta road trip will remain a lifelong regret: the Curbside Museum is currently running a tribute exhibition to the Banff Merman (among other aquatic creeps), which is exactly my brand of weird. As for our readers’ faves, Bow Crescent in Calgary is home to at least three little art galleries; Bungalow Gallery is hiding in plain sight somewhere in Toronto; and in Summerland, B.C., famed blogger the Jealous Curator runs her own tiny gallery, the Okanagan Museum of Modern Art. What else are we missing? Are you the director of your own front-yard gallery? Let me know!
Other things that have nothing to do with being the top curator on your cul-de-sac: Surprise, surprise, it’s an unpredictable summer for music festivals. I still have DALL-E 2 on the brain, especially the brave new world of prompt engineering. Pandemic be damned, Comic-Con returned last week, which means there are loads of new blockbuster trailers. For “Disney adults,” is fandom basically religion? | | | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... |  | Verve Projects | From little art galleries to the world’s tallest mural. For real, pals. It’s in Calgary and it went up this summer for the 2022 BUMP Festival. Towering above 10 Avenue at a height of 95 metres, it was painted by German street artist Daim. | | | | |  | Jacquie Comrie | | Jacquie Comrie’s another muralist who’s taking part in Calgary’s BUMP Festival, but you’re looking at a wall she recently painted for Toronto’s All City Shine public art exhibit at Downsview Park. | | | | |  | Russell Banx | | Sliding into another scorching summer weekend like … (Art by Russell Banx.) | | | | |  | Steve Farmer | | | | | Tyshan Wright is a nominee for the 2022 Sobey Art Award. Originally from a Maroon town in Jamaica, the artist lives in Nova Scotia. His work references the historic ties between both places and the Maroon culture he was raised in. | | | | |  | Alvin Luong | | | | | What if Toronto became a hub for climate refugees? It’s not unthinkable. (I mean, did you see all the heat wave headlines last week?) But if the climate crisis isn’t real enough for you, artist Alvin Luong has installed a sobering new work inside Toronto’s Union Station: a food cart stocked with rations and SIM cards, the sort of provisions he imagines folks will need as they flee from natural disaster. | | | | |  | Ariane Laezz | | | | | | | Here’s how Bahia Watson would answer that question: it’s theatre about the feeling of freedom. It’s also how Bahia describes a new roaming production (Mashup Pon Di Road) that she and collaborator Liza Paul are bringing to neighbourhoods around Toronto. Amanda Parris spoke to the duo about the project. | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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